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OSCITANCE

Dictionary entry overview: What does oscitance mean?

• OSCITANCE (noun)
The noun OSCITANCE has 2 senses:

1. drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning
2. an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom

Familiarity information: OSCITANCE used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OSCITANCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

oscitance; oscitancy

Hypernyms ("oscitance" is a kind of...):

dullness; obtuseness (the quality of being slow to understand)

drowsiness; sleepiness; somnolence (a very sleepy state)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

An involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

yawn; yawning; oscitance; oscitancy

Context examples:

he could not suppress a yawn / the yawning in the audience told him it was time to stop / he apologized for his oscitancy

Hypernyms ("oscitance" is a kind of...):

inborn reflex; innate reflex; instinctive reflex; physiological reaction; reflex; unconditioned reflex (an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oscitance"):

pandiculation (yawning and stretching (as when first waking up))

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